PCB signed proper contract with India, not an MoU: Shaharyar Khan
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has revealed that a proper contract was signed with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2014, and not just a MoU to revive bilateral ties between the two sides.
Last week, the PCB had sent a legal notice to its Indian counterpart for failing to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two cricket boards in 2014.
Shaharyar further stated that they received a reply from the BCCI about their notice for not fulfilling the contract, because of which the PCB suffered huge financial losses.
“The BCCI’s reply has two objections. Firstly, there is no term is included in the contract under which the word of government’s permission is mentioned as necessary. Secondly, it was not an MoU but a contract as India sought PCB’s support for the Big Three formula, from which it earned huge revenue as a member of Big Three,” the Dawn quoted Shaharyar as saying.
The PCB chief also noted that they would have benefitted had they played a bilateral series against their arch-rivals, the failure of which had caused them massive losses and claiming for compensation.
“Our benefit was only if the bilateral series would have started, …read more